(Anna) Ka Yee Chick
Fort Collins, CO 80521 / Phone 970-495-5846
(Anna) Ka Yee Chick
Education / Fall 1997 – Summer 2001 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, COChemistry
l GPA: 3.96 (Graduated Suma Cumme Laude, 2001)
l Other: Senior research thesis, title: Synthesis of Thiophosphoryl Carbonyl Mixed imides and the Kinetic Study of [O, S] Rearrangement
l Related Courses:
l General Chemistry
l Organic Chemistry
l Physical Chemistry
l Analytical Chemistry
l Instrumental Analysis
l Environmental Organic chemistry
Operation Skills / FTIR
GC-Mass Spectroscopy
UV-Visible Spectroscopy
Cary 17
NMR
Other Skills / Software including Microsoft Office, Word Perfect, ChemDraw
Web page design and HTML (including tables)
Work Experience / Fall 2001 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO
Teaching Assistant for General Chemistry Laboratory
· Taught students basic general laboratory techniques.
Fall 2000 – Spring 2001 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO
Teaching Assistant for Physical Chemistry Laboratory
· Taught students basic physical laboratory techniques (i.e. plain jacket oxygen-bomb calorimeter for finding out the heat of combustion of certain chemicals).
· Taught students error analysis.
· Developed Binary Solution Critical Opalescence experiment suitable for the laboratory.
Summer 2000 Barringer Laboratory Lakewood, CO
Organic Extraction Analyst
· Extraction of samples such as PCBs, pesticides, and herbicides.
· Maintained laboratory environment and inventories.
Summer 1999 – Fall 1999 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO
Teaching Assistant for Organic Chemistry Laboratory
· Taught students basic organic chemistry theory and laboratory techniques.
· Created an organic chemistry web site for the professor.
(http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~smschelb/)
1998-1999 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO
Students Technical Support Worker at Media Center
· Operation of video broadcasting system for Auraria Campus.
· Provided video rental services to students and teachers.
· Maintained the multimedia center.
Awards/Honors / The Dean’s List (1997 – 2001)
Marti-Barret Scholarship recipient (1998)
UROP, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, funding recipient (1999 – 2000)
Outstanding Students in Analytical and Instrumental Chemistry (2000)
Colorado ACS. Travel Award (2001)
Outstanding Senior in chemistry department at CU Denver (2001)
Publications/Presentations / Senior research thesis presented at the National American Chemical Society meeting in San Diego, April 2001.
Presented at two poster sections for Research Day at the University of Colorado at Denver (1999 – 2000).
Second place in the poster section from the University of Colorado at Denver, Environmental Studies Department (1999).
Languages / Cantonese
English
Mandarin
Volunteer experience / Chemistry demos: helped with UCD Recruitment Day (2000 – 2001).
Chemistry demos were done for students between elementary and high school levels (2000-2001).
Professional memberships / Member of the Golden Key Honor Society
Member of the American Chemical Society
Member of the ACS. Student Affiliate, University of Colorado at Denver Section.